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I have always had extraordinarily good relations with very conservative colleagues. and that's not because i agree with any of them or fudge on my positions, but people feel i listen to them and give them the benefit of the doubt. i assume the best of people. and that, i think, is an attitude that is maybe rare in politics.
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I Have Always Had Extraordinarily Good Relations

Barack Obama
I have always had extraordinarily good relations with very conservative colleagues. and that's not because i agree with any of them or fudge on my positions, but people feel i listen to them and give them the benefit of the doubt. i assume the best of people. and that, i think, is an attitude that is maybe rare in politics.
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